Program Overview

Child Language Doctoral Program

The University of Kansas offers a Child Language Doctoral Program through the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

Course Requirements

The program requires a minimum of 16 hours of core courses on language acquisition and impairments, 15 hours of statistical and methodological courses, and 24 hours of supplemental courses.

Core Courses on Language Acquisition and Impairments

• LING 709 (3): First Language Acquisition
• LING 739 (3): First Language Acquisition II
• PSYC 783/LING 782 (3): Research Methods in Child Language
• LING 822 (3): Seminar on Acquisition of Language
• Two of the following:
  • SPLH 816 (3): Language Development
  • SPLH 840 (2): Language Disorders of Infants and Toddlers
  • SPLH 842 (2): Language Disorders of Preschoolers
  • SPLH 844 (2): Language Disorders of School Age
  • CLDP 880: Seminar in Child Language
  • CLDP 964: Seminar in Child Language

Statistical and Methodological Courses

Statistical Courses

• PSYC 790 (4): Statistical Methods I
• At least two courses selected from:
  • PSYC 887 (4): Factor Analysis
  • PSYC 889 (4): Nonparametric Statistics
  • PSYC 892 (4): Test Theory
  • PSYC 893 (4): Multivariate Analysis
  • PSYC 894 (4): Multivariate Modeling I
  • PSYC 895 (4): Categorical Data
  • PSYC 896 (4): Structural Equation Modeling I
  • CLDP 944: Multilevel Models for Longitudinal and Repeated Measures Data
  • CLDP 945: Advanced Multilevel Models
  • CLDP 948: Latent Trait Measurement and Structural Equation Models

Methodological Courses

• SPLH/PSYC 982 (3): Issues in Scientific Conduct
• Or select from among:
  • PSYC 815 (3): Developmental Research Methods
  • PSYC 816 (3): Design and Analysis for Neuroimaging Research
  • PSYC 818 (3): Experimental Research Methods

Supplemental Courses

• A minimum of 24 hours, with at least 9 hours in one area
• Areas include:
  • Linguistics and Psycholinguistics
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Language Disorders

Linguistics and Psycholinguistics

• LING 622: Grammar
• LING 700: Introduction to Linguistic Science
• LING 705: Phonetics I
• LING 707: Phonetics II
• LING 708: Problems in Linguistic Analysis
• LING 712: Phonology I
• LING 714: Phonology II
• LING 715: Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition
• LING 725: Syntax I
• LING 726: Syntax II
• LING 731: Semantics I
• LING 738: Neurolinguistics
• LING 739: The Acquisition of Morphosyntax
• LING 783: Computational Linguistics
• LING 810: Ethnolinguistics
• PSYC 536: Psychology of Language
• PSYC 550: Psychology of Reading
• PSYC 725: Cognitive Neuroscience
• PSYC 735: Psycholinguistics
• PSYC 800: Experimental Psychology
• PSYC 831: Advanced Human Learning and Memory

Developmental Psychology

• PSYC 825: Social Development
• PSYC 870: Cognitive Development
• PSYC 872: Attention, Perception and Learning in Infancy
• PSYC 923: Developmental Science

Language Disorders

• SPLH 820: Developmental Phonological Disorders
• SPLH 846: Language Disorders of Adults
• SPLH 850: Language Disorders Secondary to Closed Head Injury and Dementia
• SPLH 854: Reading Disorders
• SPLH 860: Evaluation of Speech and Language
• SPLH 880: Seminar in Speech-Language Pathology
• SPLH 966: Seminar in Language Development

Abbreviations:

• LING = Linguistics
• PSYC = Psychology
• SPLH = Speech-Language-Hearing